It’s easy to criticize formal rooms.
But sometimes, formality is useful.
Imagine a session where the goal is:
Approving a plan
Validating compliance decisions
Reporting performance
Aligning executives around clear accountability
In these moments, clarity matters more than exploration.
Hierarchy can reduce confusion.
Structure can prevent drift.
A clear “head of the table” can speed up decisions.
A highly flexible space, in this case, might create unnecessary ambiguity.
When the objective is evaluation and commitment,
a conference room often supports that objective well.
The real mistake is not choosing a conference room.
The mistake is choosing it automatically,
without asking what kind of thinking the session requires.
Different outcomes require different conditions.
The room should match the work.
Thank you.
And Free Palestine.